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I've searched high and low, and I can't find any existing threads that really address this issue.
My captivate is rooted, running Cog 2.3b8.
This week I connected my phone to my computer to charge overnight, just like I do every night. The next day the phone was dead, and with some extensive investigation I determined that for some reason it didn't get a good connection and ran the battery down.
It seems that the stock USB cable now won't get a good connection at all. It will charge if I fiddle with how it fits, and hold my mouth just right, but it won't make a good data connection. Occasionally it will make a data connection, but my computer won't recognize the device and my phone won't give me notification that it's connected.
I normally have the phone set on debugging and set to select connection, but I've tried every option. I had Kies installed originally, but I hadn't used it for some time and uninstalled it to make sure that wasn't the issue. I also deleted my drivers and downloaded and installed them again, multiple times. Finally, I've used 3 different data cables, and all of them get a good charge connection, but don't register on the computer or on the phone as data connections.
The phone hasn't had any previous issues with the USB, and unless my kids did something to it, wasn't dropped or damaged while attached to the USB or otherwise.
Additionally, I don't believe there has been any liquid damage to the phone. The liquid indicator patch behind the battery is white. I did notice that my car charger cable had some very minor corrosion on it, which I suspect is getting some minor water on it from briefly being dropped into my floor mat. It was connected to the phone while it had that corrosion on it, but I do not know if it was actually connected while it was wet as I didn't note it until after the fact. I carefully cleaned all of my cables and the phone connector without any changes.
While I could deal with syncing various things via wifi or bluetooth (though I suck at building networks for wifi networking), and I can make the phone charge in a number of various ways, but I'd like to flash to the new Cog and/or go to the stock Froyo if/when it actually arrives, and I'm not sure how to go about doing that without the USB connection for the Odin master clear and reset to stock. Can I use the build in data wipe, use bluetooth/usb/wifi the update.zip and kick it into download mode in a different way? That would get me back to stock, but I'm not sure how to root back to stock to use ROM manager or titanium back up without the USB.
Any suggestions? Is there something special or proprietary about the Sumsung USB that makes the connection that my aftermarket, data capable, USB doesn't have so it won't work for my phone?
Also, is it possible that it could be related to a bad ROM install? This is my 3rd version of Cog, and I trust DG's work pretty well, but I have a LOT of issues with apps crashing that I didn't have on previous versions, and have pretty constant vibration notifications for something without any indication on what it's for. I won't say for certain I didn't screw it up, particularly with the master clear in Odin.
I occasionally see issues with usb on my windows laptop. Reboot, try a different cable, different port, etc.
I've tried 2 different computers and 4 different cables, and have done reboots on both the phone and the computers along the way.
I think at this point the answer is either A) my samsung cable is bad and the other cables I used are no-data/charge only even though they were sold as data or B) I damaged the usb port on my phone with either the corrosion or some manner of trauma that I'm not aware happened.
I've contacted Samsung to see what a repair will cost, since I've read threads (here I think) that a motherboard repair was only $70 outside of warranty as a result of liquid damage, and a buddy of mine has an Epic on Sprint and I'm going to try to borrow his Samsung branded cable to see if I have the same result with it as I do with mine.
If I am SOL with my usb port, is there a good way to wipe, flash, and/or root without it? I can transfer files in via bluetooth or wireless, and I backed up with Titanium Pro into my Dropbox. I know I can flash new with ROM manager. I suppose that means I can concievably push a new ROM zip on with blue tooth, go to downlaod with ROM manager. Is there a good way to clear/clean everything like Odin's master clear without a USB? Is the one built into the phone sufficient for that? Is there an APP or sorts that will do it?
I honestly don't mind sending my rooted phone with a custom rom to Samsung if I *have* to, I purchased it used and don't have a warranty to void anyway, but I'd rather not send it full of all of my personal data, and if I'm going to wipe it, I might as well do everything else.
And honestly, I can charge via the usb without a problem, I put all my music in my external SD, which I can remove and write to outside the phone, and I can put ROMs on via the bluetooth, so I can *live* without doing data via the USB if I *have* to. Heck, I'm planning on getting an Atrix when they come out for my wife, and I can always clean it off, go to stock, and give it to my wife and play ROM of the day on the Atrix.
Honestly, there is no need to flash stock unless you really mess something up. Obviously the risk is greater with no ability to use odin but the choice is yours.
I have seen the stock jh7 in a flashable zip here somewhere.
edit....here is the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790080
edit again....the code for the dialer to wipe your phone is *2767*3855# though i really don't see the need to use it unless you are sending the phone in to warranty
I don't get it. I just don't get it.
I'm now at a loss for words. I took a fine grit sandpaper and meticulously cleaned the usb on the phone, blew it out with compressed air, plugged it in and it worked instantly. I unplugged it, plugged it back in, and again it worked. I tried it with a different cable, and different plugs, all success. I was thrilled. I sat the phone down, and a smile on my face, and went to do some other things around the house. I figured I'd let it charge, come back, and do my ROM swaps with a full charge.
And when I came back, the plug had slipped out of the phone again, and it hasn't connected since.
So, either it needs cleaned again and all the cables I've plugged in are causing the issue again OR it's something to do with it coming out of the phone w/o disconnecting the usb in windows. I've been in "ask me" and debugging each time, and didn't mount the phone.
I'm exceedingly frustrated with this right now. Samsung won't respond to my requests, I can't figure it out, and I'm about 10 seconds from smashing the @#[email protected] with a hammer and going back to my 10 year old flip phone. In fact, I actually considered buying a $50 iphone 3gs for a moment.
Edit: It looks like this is a hardware issue and I'll likely try to get it replaced via insurance since I cannot revert to stock using Odin. It is impossible to revert without using Odin right? Thanks to all who read!
To start, I just want to state that I've searched and searched for answers/information on this (not just on XDA forums either) and I haven't found a similar issue - my sincere apologies if I missed it.
Quick "this post is way too long to read" Summary:
1. Phone will not charge
2. Phone will recognize PC connection via USB but with no functionality
3. PC will not recognize phone
4. All details on what I've done so far below
Friday 3/4/11 - I used a USB car charger (link below) to charge my Captivate with a USB cable known to be working (had worked on my Captivate before, works on my brother's Captivate). If you're asking why I used that charger... well I got it for free with my E-71. I'll never use it again. Anyway later that night I tried to charge my phone on my official AT&T A/C charger but nothing happened - the phone acted like no USB was inserted.
newegg[dot]com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882923001
Sorry for the bootleg link, this certainly isn't spam but I'm not allowed to post links yet.
Since that date, my Captivate won't charge via AC power cord. My PC won't recognize it either, but here's the weird part - my phone recognizes when it's connected to the PC via USB. For example, I can connect the phone to the PC and it will state "USB connected" on the Android pull-down (top) menu. Since I have mass storage chosen as the default, it will give me the option to send or receive files from the PC from the same menu. However, if I attempt to actually take that option, the pop-up menu which allows you to mount your memory cards does not come up. In addition, if I have the phone in USB debugging mode and I connect to my PC, the phone recognizes that as well. The PC does not recognize the phone in any capacity, at any time. No matter what I've done so far it will not charge via A/C.
Background: I've had my phone for a little over 6 months now, I've been running Cognition 2.1.6 since about 3 weeks after I got it - before this problem I haven't done any modifications whatsoever since the first load of Cognition. My PC is Windows 7 Ultimate 64. To rule out a bunch of other things, I've tried to use multiple USB cords that are known to work with a different Captivate and my Captivate prior to this problem (3 to be exact), I've uninstalled and reinstalled all Samsung's drivers on Windows, and I actually reinstalled Cognition using the three button recovery mode. To further rule out external problems, I just put Serendipity on my brother's Captivate using the same USB cord and PC that I'm attempting to use with my phone. He had been using the exact same version of Cognition I was.
I of course tried to revert the phone to stock using ODIN in order to fix the problem. I attempted to use the two button method (hold volume keys and insert data cable from PC with Odin running) but of course since the USB is not working properly that didn't work. It's worth noting that the described method worked perfectly for my brother's Captivate to revert to stock in preparation for installing Serendipity. I attempted to manually unmount and remount my memory cards several times, change USB modes between mass storage, Kies, modem, etc - nothing seems to work. The phone seems to be completely normal except for this USB issue. One last thing that's strange is if the phone is powered off and I have the USB A/C charger plugged into it, I cannot turn it on. When I hold the power button a relatively small spinning circle comes up after a second or two near the top of the screen. It disappears when I release power. If I remove the USB cable and hit power again it powers up completely normally.
Because of all of the above, I'm 99% certain that the issue is with my phone (not from any other external source). My only uncertainty is whether this is a USB hardware issue or a software issue where the phone is trapped in some sort of limbo due to being in a quasi-data mode which is causing it not to charge via A/C power and causing the PC not to recognize it. Has anyone had an issue remotely like this? I've come to terms with the sinking feeling that this is a hardware issue and that the only option I'm going to have is for my phone to be accidentally run over by a car (in order to pay my $125 and get a "new" phone under AT&T insurance). If anyone has any suggestions I'll be more than happy to try, maybe we can get this thing fixed!
If you made it this far I'll just say thanks for reading my wall of text and thanks in advance for any advice you have.
Were you able to get this issue resolved? It just started happening to my Captivate earlier today, and I was hoping that a solution had been found.
I haven't been able to get it resolved, I actually just sort of gave up on it and went back to my old phone for now. I have insurance so I'm not totally screwed, but it's not that cool obviously.
Were you able to get anything resolved on your end? If so I'd love to hear how. The one good solution would be a package to restore to stock that you could run through update.zip on a memory card, that isn't available yet is it?
i have this issue as well. I flashed Cognition 4.4 and it ran just fine for a couple weeks and then it began not even recognizing the micro plugged into any power source or the samsung dock! debugging on or off, battery saver apps removed, all that. multiple reboots. nothing. it takes a spell of, if i'm lucky, recognizing it after i eff with it for a few minutes and flukes a decent charge but at night, it usually has a loop cycle charging effect. I can hear the "boop beep" charger plugged in sound over and over throughout the night.
i use the phone in my cars and everywhere with the same problem.
no resolution! HELP!!!
I came across the same problem with USB on ARMANI I9010 after installing Cognition5. The most unpleasant is that i have bought it abroad and there is no possibility to return it
Does any body found the solution?
Okay, so as far as I am able to find... This problem is pretty unique...
I'm running Cognition 4.5.3 with no software issues. I have had this problem since Cog 3...
Most people have trouble getting their phone to boot into download mode, but NOT ME!
My phone randomly (I can find absolutely no cause or trigger and I'm not really a novice at Android) will shut itself off. Now normally I would not have an issue with this, but when I go to turn the phone on... it boots straight to download mode, and no key combo or anything will avoid it. So I have been testing this out and I can reboot the phone from the enhanced power menu, I can boot into Recovery from enhanced power menu... But when the phone shuts off or when I shut it down, the ONLY way that I can get it to power on correctly, is to plug the phone in and wait for it to show that the phone is charging. Then I can power it on normally...
Now, this issue arose the same time that my phone began to refuse to be recognised when plugged into a computer via USB... and at times the USB debugging and USB connected notifications will remain in the notification bar until I reboot the phone...
Naturally, my first instinct was to try and restore to stock... But since no computer will recognize my phone (even with fresh drivers installed) I cannot use odin to flash to stock.
So to summarize my problems:
1. My phone will not be recognized by a computer. (USB device not recognized)
2. My phone randomly shuts itself off. (Not a big deal, I can live with that)
3. My phone ONLY boots into download mode unless plugged into the charger (Incredibly frustrating when I am not at home or I don't have my car charger)
4. USB debugging and USB connected notifications stick around until phone is rebooted. (Using enhanced power menu. Again, I can live with this minor annoyance)
have you tried reflashing that rom...or trying another?
it could be the random shutdown issue that some cappys have paired with a failing usb port.
try changing roms.
studacris said:
have you tried reflashing that rom...or trying another?
it could be the random shutdown issue that some cappys have paired with a failing usb port.
try changing roms.
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Hehe... I tried a different rom for two weeks and had similar and/or more problems...
Reflashing doesn't help either.
I've tried my best to troubleshoot this on my own, so I'm not shutting down your attempt to help. Just letting you know I have tried it.
I hadn't heard about a failing USB port problem... I'll read up on it.
Thanks for your help!
Atleast you dont have to worry about soft bricks if it auto boots into download mode
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Atleast you dont have to worry about soft bricks if it auto boots into download mode
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Actually I do...because USB still won't interface...
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like i said could be a short or something in the usb port...or somewhere in the hardware. if you experience this problem across different software then it has to be a physical defect someplace. cause if it were software related it would fix once you flashed something different...
you can try for a warranty replacement, that requires a little loose morals. you will have to do something to cause it not to boot, or only boot to the at&t screen otherwise they will have proof of root and/or custom rom and void your warranty. once thats accomplished mention some crap about kies failing and they should replace it.
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like i said could be a short or something in the usb port...or somewhere in the hardware. if you experience this problem across different software then it has to be a physical defect someplace. cause if it were software related it would fix once you flashed something different...
you can try for a warranty replacement, that requires a little loose morals. you will have to do something to cause it not to boot, or only boot to the at&t screen otherwise they will have proof of root and/or custom rom and void your warranty. once thats accomplished mention some crap about kies failing and they should replace it.
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Hmmm... a few months back my original USB/Charging cable broke and for a couple of days I was forced to use a generic MicroUSB cable to charge my phone... Could that have cause a short/damage to the port?
My phone does not have warranty as I bought it refurbished. :'(
(Plus my morals aren't that loose.)
Had a similar issue, eventually determined that it was a short in this usb port and did a warranty return. (Only when plugged in could I turn on, etc.)
If that isn't an option for you, you could try flashing CM. For some reason, the cyanogenmod build won't let the phone charge when off. ( Automatically powers back up once the juice flows.)
I flashed a nightly and somehow, magically, my phone would power back up normally ( but wouldn't turn off, unless plugged in without power. So strange!)
Even more weird? I flashed back to stock and the new powering and rebooting stuck. The short wasn't fixed, my phone simply seemed to reverse the problem.
Plus, you would be using cm.
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tbrass said:
Had a similar issue, eventually determined that it was a short in this usb port and did a warranty return. (Only when plugged in could I turn on, etc.)
If that isn't an option for you, you could try flashing CM. For some reason, the cyanogenmod build won't let the phone charge when off. ( Automatically powers back up once the juice flows.)
I flashed a nightly and somehow, magically, my phone would power back up normally ( but wouldn't turn off, unless plugged in without power. So strange!)
Even more weird? I flashed back to stock and the new powering and rebooting stuck. The short wasn't fixed, my phone simply seemed to reverse the problem.
Plus, you would be using cm.
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Thanks! You guys have pretty much answered my questions...
I don't want to leave my nice DG Rom though.
Since I have determined that it is a hardware problem... I think I'm just going to live with it for a few more weeks until I can afford to go ahead and buy the newer build of the Cappy... (Might even wait until the SGSII comes out.)
You should be able to get warranty replacement, just make sure the device is in a stock condition when you take it in!
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You should be able to get warranty replacement, just make sure the device is in a stock condition when you take it in!
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Even though I purchased the device as a refurbished device?
The only problem is that I can't Odin back to stock...
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Even though I purchased the device as a refurbished device?
The only problem is that I can't Odin back to stock...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143&highlight=safely+to+stock
this will get you to stock then look in forums for how to change boot animation change that to stock boot logo and your good to go i did read some were you could do boot img all on phone i belive. i cant find thats up to u
Okay so I called them and let them know what the phone was doing and they tried to send me to samsung to have them repair the phone...
I now hold in my hands a shiny new 1102 build Cappy... Took it to my local device service center and explained the random shutdowns and the booting into download mode and they replaced it no questions asked!
Now to get Cog 5b2 on here.
The phone USB port is having problems. It will charge ok wont connect to any laptop in any mode, system, fastboot or recovery. It would be powered by it for a small fraction good enough for it to be detected and then it would stop sending signals. Anybody know any fix for the problem.
Also has anyone sent their rooted phone for repair recently n got it repaired under warranty. Its revone S=off and running trickdroid.
And the error in device manager is USB BOS descriptor failed, "waiting for device", "Device cannot start. (Code 10)"
its probably the voltages messing it up. On connecting the USB it turns on car mode. I was able to briefly get the UMS to work by draining down the battery n connecting to laptop n turning it on. It worked for 2-3 boots and thats it. Its gone again...
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its probably the voltages messing it up. On connecting the USB it turns on car mode. I was able to briefly get the UMS to work by draining down the battery n connecting to laptop n turning it on. It worked for 2-3 boots and thats it. Its gone again...
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i'm having almost the exact same issues you are. it won't charge unless it's turned off, and it won't connect to my computer at all. sometimes if it's plugged in it'll put itself in car mode. did you manage to get yours fixed?
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i'm having almost the exact same issues you are. it won't charge unless it's turned off, and it won't connect to my computer at all. sometimes if it's plugged in it'll put itself in car mode. did you manage to get yours fixed?
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Same problem here! I made a thread about it but no one answered..
I'm glad it charges though, yesterday when I went to bed it wouldn't charge, but this morning it did. Goes into car mode though and it won't connect to the PC. I think I'm going to bring it back for a repair/replace under warranty.
i fixed it, tried different cables and chargers and finally the charger from my old old moto cliq fixed it, i think it was short at some point of voltage troubles. Fixed since some days now. No more trouble. Also discharge ur battery a few times ( turn of fast boot from settings) and charge all the way to 100 for like 3 days. Also try booting in fastboot mode and connecting to computer see if fastboot usb is connected. took a few days to get it work using different methods. Dont exactly know which one worked
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Same problem here! I made a thread about it but no one answered..
I'm glad it charges though, yesterday when I went to bed it wouldn't charge, but this morning it did. Goes into car mode though and it won't connect to the PC. I think I'm going to bring it back for a repair/replace under warranty.
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i went in to my t-mobile store to get the warranty replacement process started this morning, but of course the rep saw that i had clockwork installed on it and said he couldn't start the exchange until i got it back to stock. problem is, since it doesn't talk to my computer i can't access adb to reset my tampered/unlock flags and flash the stock recovery. i'm probably gonna have to throw down $175 to asurion to get it replaced for "water damage" or something, unless you guys have any other suggestions i might have overlooked. when i get home i'll try a bunch of different microusb cables to see if i can get any to work, like charnsingh_online mentioned.
just wanted to toss in a quick update in case anybody else is having this problem... a few hours ago someone posted about this same issue on the HTC One subreddit, and i came across a post on the vodafone forums from today describing it as well. i'm getting a little concerned that there might be a bad batch of these phones floating around that are all beginning to fail.
Quick update from me aswell
Yesterday evening it charged like normal, I could even pull the plug out and put it back in without the phone going in car mode, it would still charge.
Now this morning I wanted to try to see if it connects to my PC but that still didn't work. I put it in the charger just to see if it still would charge as easy as the evening before but it went to car mode and I was back at the beginning. Turning the device off and back on didn't resolve it.
Now it does charge again by turning off fast boot (or however it's called, I'm translating from dutch). That made it work again (but for how long?!)
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My phone finally connected to the PC. The phone still went into car mode but it didn't disconnect after that (like it used to do). I can put my music on my phone now but the phone is alternating between car mode and normal mode.. pretty odd.
I have the same problem. when I turn on the htc one, rainbow screen appears, and does not detect when I connect to PC, I will test the battery discharge, hopefully get lucky,
I'm having the same issue as well. The phone randomly now is throwing itself into portrait mode even when I don't have it plugged in, charging is very intermittent. I'm thinking there's a short somewhere on the circut board but that's only a guess. Do we think this is a hardware issue? At least I'm still on stock if I have to get the phone replaced, but what a PITA with not having an SD card to remove. I'm liking that less and less... grr.
may be a defect, i had a few cells and never appeared a similar problem, I had a galaxy s2, s3, s4, HTC Evo .
I detected car accessory mode, and the strange thing is in Fastboot Mode I can install an official RUU from my PC .
I'm thinking of a theory, it could be that the MISC partition mmcblk0p19 apparently damaged as happened with the HTC Desire for a while now, if reflashing That possibly corrupt partition with a fresh htc ONE, I'm digging into this line of research
http://www.modaco.com/topic/309939-usb-brickrickrolledb0rked-fixed/
OTG mode?
Have had Htc one x + from ebay for a week with no sync or charging problems then yesterday tried to sync but phone crashed/rebooted and asked to send error report to htc for "abnormal restart" or somthing and my pc saw it as an "un-recognised device", since then it is not even seen by my pc and will only charge when off or after restart. The usb is putting out 5v which it should only do in OTG, using an otg cable it powers flash drives ect and see's them. If I can't fix this it will go back to HTC under warranty.
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Have had Htc one x + from ebay for a week with no sync or charging problems then yesterday tried to sync but phone crashed/rebooted and asked to send error report to htc for "abnormal restart" or somthing and my pc saw it as an "un-recognised device", since then it is not even seen by my pc and will only charge when off or after restart. The usb is putting out 5v which it should only do in OTG, using an otg cable it powers flash drives ect and see's them. If I can't fix this it will go back to HTC under warranty.
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Run phone down to 2% battery then checked and no more 5v output from the usb port,turned phone off and still no output voltage from the usb. The phone now charges and connects to my pc as it should. If the battery was removable as it is on other phones it would have done the same as discharging the battery on the htc one x + to give it a propper reset.
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i went in to my t-mobile store to get the warranty replacement process started this morning, but of course the rep saw that i had clockwork installed on it and said he couldn't start the exchange until i got it back to stock. problem is, since it doesn't talk to my computer i can't access adb to reset my tampered/unlock flags and flash the stock recovery. i'm probably gonna have to throw down $175 to asurion to get it replaced for "water damage" or something, unless you guys have any other suggestions i might have overlooked. when i get home i'll try a bunch of different microusb cables to see if i can get any to work, like charnsingh_online mentioned.
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im looking at the same options too man... would have to pay $150 or so to get a brand new one from rogers unless they sent my phone from repair without noticing the unlocked bootloader. from what ive seen theres no way to relock it and flash the stock recovery aaaand RUU without computer connection.
looking at my situation now, im considering never rooting again just because of how screwed you are if something happens to the hardware.
i havent really considered replacing the usb port myself but i guess if i found a store where i live that can do it for a reasonable price, imma go for that.
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im looking at the same options too man... would have to pay $150 or so to get a brand new one from rogers unless they sent my phone from repair without noticing the unlocked bootloader. from what ive seen theres no way to relock it and flash the stock recovery aaaand RUU without computer connection.
looking at my situation now, im considering never rooting again just because of how screwed you are if something happens to the hardware.
i havent really considered replacing the usb port myself but i guess if i found a store where i live that can do it for a reasonable price, imma go for that.
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Man, you can flash it, if you have the same issue as me, i was able to flash in FASTBOOT MODE, and relock with renove , i used ADB WIFI from MARKET , with this app you are able to send ADB commands , adb shells, etc for REVONE S-OFF, or apply a RUU original, in FASTBOOT MODE your PC should detect connections.
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Man, you can flash it, if you have the same issue as me, i was able to flash in FASTBOOT MODE, and relock with renove , i used ADB WIFI from MARKET , with this app you are able to send ADB commands , adb shells, etc for REVONE S-OFF, or apply a RUU original, in FASTBOOT MODE your PC should detect connections.
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well last night my computer wasnt picking it up in fastboot mode and i have all the drivers from when i unlocked a couple weeks ago so it should be recognized. but i guess i could atleast try relocking it. and cant i just get rid of root straight from the device?
do you know what command i would have to do through adb, ike fastboot oem lock or is it different?
Amm, have you used renove for s-off?? If you use fastboot oem lock maybe you will get the relocked mark or tampered maybe with Revone you can roll backto a clean locked and s-on state
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my phone is unlocked but is still s-on. how would i get back to stock 4.1.2 and no root after if i can relock my boatloader using that wifi adb?
look, if you lock the bootloader again being in S-ON, you will receive the label relocked or tampered with this you might void your warranty if you send it, the option that I can think, make S-OFF with REVONE, Read a little this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
You can fully use ADB commands via wifi, tested by me, with REVONE you can LOCK the bootloader and back to S-ON , with no trace of having changed either BOOTLOADER or S-OFF/S-ON .
Hello everyone,
Having major issues with my Idol4S. It is the unlocked version (Cricket). It was working just great until a few days ago when I plugged it into the car charger. Phone instantly shut off, and got stuck with a blinking (rapid) LED light. This happens if plugged into my PC, or my Alcatel charger (both the wall and car).
The phone has suffered no damage (had a cover, but it was never dropped or exposed to external weather damage, nor water - I took great care of it), and was working quite well. I'm unable to boot it into any sort of recovery mode (as the screen is black, so I wouldn't be able to see anything anyways). The only indication of life is the flashing LED when plugged in ..(charging loop, maybe?)
I am using my idol4S Win10 (TMO/unlocked) phone in the meantime, but the base model was working just fine before this happened. I was also mindful of checking voltage/Amps when using chargers, so I would not have exposed it to any incorrect input/output. QuickCharge worked great too (sorely missed on Win10 model).
The phone was never rooted so it has the stock ROM, and whatever the last update Alcatel had pushed out for it. I did have developer mode and USB debugging on for MSVC/NSDK.
Is there anything I can do? After awhile being plugged in, the LED shuts off. I kind of need it as I was porting my game engine to it (using the SDK), plus it was my primary. I love the Win10 version too, but the Android idol4S was my primary phone. Kind of disappointed in Alcatel - I read it doesn't have an external battery otherwise I would attempt to transplant the battery (if that is even the issue). . .
Any tips, advice, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! <3
what you describe is what the phone does when it's plugged into the PC in download mode. Since you have the Cricket version which is also what I have, it is very easy to start from scratch and reflash everything. I have released a newer version TWRP and also have the ~CricketRom~ available if you're interested.
PizzaG said:
what you describe is what the phone does when it's plugged into the PC in download mode. Since you have the Cricket version which is also what I have, it is very easy to start from scratch and reflash everything. I have released a newer version TWRP and also have the ~CricketRom~ available if you're interested.
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Okay, but would it work even though the phone gives no indication of being plugged in to the computer, or the chargers for it? I plugged it into the PC just now, brief flash of light and then nothing. .
Should mention again that the screen does not turn on, ever since that day, the screen has not came back on -- so I really can't do anything, even accessing 'download mode' does not show anything on-screen, nor does Windows 10 alert me of the USB device being connected.
I wouldn't mind starting from scratch at this point. I'm definitely interested in getting up and running again! It's not like I can do anything else at this point except spend money and get it repaired by TCL.
Would it be rude of me to ask for links to the TWRP/CricketROM from you? Maybe a quick-start guide, I pick up on things easy, but I've never properly flashed with TWRP =)
Also @PizzaG, THANK YOU for your help!! Definitely appreciated <3
Oh! @PizzaG, I also have an older Onetouch Idol 3 that has the _exact_ same symptoms, I wonder if that too could be recovered? ... ^__^
well I guess the first thing to do would be plug it into the PC. Hold volume+ and volume- then hold power until you feel the buzz and let go of power. Hopefully you get the red Download mode screen? I didn't realize it had no life at all, I thought it was just messed up. It's sounding like more may be wrong then just a simple reflash.
New TWRP and ~CriketRom~ Beta5: https://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-4s/development/rom-twrp-recovery-t3792659